Winterton War Memorial - M. Ellis / Albert Ellis

Brigg Heritage Centre has a World War 2 district roll of honour which commemorates the 175 fallen service personnel from a number of parishes in the former Glanford Brigg rural district. This memorial was formerly on display in the Council Chamber. Under Winterton parish ‘Albert Ellis’ is listed, but despite an extensive search, it has not been possible to positively identify this person. The Winterton War Memorial has ‘M. Ellis’. Is this one and the same person, or is Albert Ellis another possible missing name? World War 2 service records are still held by the Ministry of Defence and can only be accessed by family members. If you know the identity of M Ellis / Albert Ellis, please contact Out ‘n About, as it is important that their story is recorded in this community - and not forgotten.

Burton Stather Heritage Group - George William Stanewell

Burton Stather Heritage Group are appealing for any information on George William Stanewell born 1874 in Burton Stather, the son of Jessie Matilda and Rae Stanewell of Burton Stather and later Hull. Our last traces of him are in an article found in the Hull Daily Mail (April 1902) and the 1901 Census where he is working as a house furnishers assistant. By then George was living in Hull with his widowed mother and 17 year old brother Leonard. His maternal Grandfather was George Tosh of Scunthorpe. On his father’s grave in St Andrews churchyard, Burton Stather, there is a memorial added in his name reading “Killed in Action Feb 1st 1916”. This is classed as a War Memorial by the Imperial War Museum and Lincolnshire Remembers but there is no trace of him through the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, or Soldiers Died in the Great War databases. If you can help, please contact BSHG by emailing admin@burtonstatherheritage.org F.T.A.O Karen, or you can contact Out ‘n About who will forward any information onto the group.